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following Tribes and the State of 

California have reached an agreement to 

extend the expiration date of their 

existing Tribal-State Class III gaming 

compacts to December 31, 2024: the 

Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay 

Indians, California; and the Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California. This publication provides 

notice of the new expiration date of the 

compacts. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27539 Filed 12–14–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500169067] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

ANCSA 17(d)(1) Withdrawals 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

announces the availability of the Draft 

ANCSA 17(d)(1) Withdrawals 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

DATES: To afford the BLM the 

opportunity to consider comments in 

the Final EIS, please ensure that the 

BLM receives your comments within 60 

days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes its Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the Draft EIS in the Federal 

Register. The EPA usually publishes its 

NOAs on Fridays. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS is available 

for review on the BLM ePlanning project 

website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/2018002/510. 

Written comments related to the Draft 

ANCSA 17(d)(1) Withdrawals EIS may 

be submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• ePlanning website: https://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2018002/510. 

• Mail: ANCSA 17(d)(1) EIS, BLM 

Anchorage District Office, Attn: Racheal 

Jones, 4700 BLM Road. Anchorage, 

Alaska 99507. 

• Hand Deliver comments to: BLM 

Alaska State Office, BLM Alaska Public 

Information Center, 222 West 7th 

Avenue (First Floor), Anchorage, 

Alaska. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined online at https://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2018002/510, at the Anchorage 

Field Office, and at the BLM Alaska 

State Office, BLM Alaska Public 

Information Center. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Racheal Jones, BLM Project Manager, 

telephone (907) 290–0307; address 

ANCSA 17(d)(1) EIS, BLM Anchorage 

District Office, Attn: Racheal Jones, 

4700 BLM Road. Anchorage, Alaska 

99507; email rajones@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Ms. Jones. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction: The U.S. Department of 

the Interior (DOI), BLM Alaska State 

Office, prepared this EIS to evaluate the 

effects of any Secretarial decision to 

open lands subject to the Alaska Native 

Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Section 

17(d)(1) withdrawals within the lands 

described in Public Land Orders (PLOs) 

7899 through 7903. (The potential 

opening of the lands subject to these 

17(d)(1) withdrawals is hereafter 

referred to as the project). PLOs 7900, 

7901, 7902, and 7903, which would 

revoke withdrawals of lands in the Ring 

of Fire, Bay, Bering Sea-Western 

Interior, and East Alaska planning areas, 

respectively, were signed on January 15 

and 16, 2021; however, they were never 

published in the Federal Register. PLO 

7899, which would revoke withdrawals 

of lands in the Kobuk-Seward Peninsula 

planning area, was signed on January 

11, 2021, and published in the Federal 

Register on January 19, 2021 (86 FR 

5236). Subsequently, the DOI identified 

certain procedural and legal defects in 

the decision-making process for these 

PLOs, as described in the April 16, 

2021, Federal Register notice (86 FR 

20193), including an insufficient 

analysis under NEPA. The DOI 

extended the opening order for PLO 

7899 until August 31, 2024, to provide 

an opportunity to review the decisions 

and to ensure the orderly management 

of the public lands (88 FR 21207). The 

BLM is using this time to address 

identified deficiencies and update the 

NEPA analysis supporting the decisions 

regarding the PLOs now under review 

(the 2021 Action). 

Purpose and Need for Action: The 

2021 Action under review is revocation 

of the ANCSA 17(d)(1) withdrawals as 

described in PLOs 7899, 7900, 7901, 

7902, and 7903. This EIS evaluates the 

resource conditions on these lands and 

incorporates and describes additional 

coordination with other Federal 

agencies, State and local governments, 

federally recognized Tribes, Alaska 

Native Corporations, and stakeholders 

to ensure that the environmental 

analysis previously conducted will be 

updated and expanded upon as 

appropriate. This additional analysis is 

necessary to understand the impacts of 

revocation of the ANCSA 17(d)(1) 

withdrawals; to correct errors in the 

previous decision-making process 

regarding these withdrawals; and to 

ensure that opening these lands is 

consistent with the purposes of ANCSA 

17(d)(1), which requires that ‘‘the public 

interest in these lands is properly 

protected,’’ including factors such as 

subsistence hunting and fishing, habitat 

connectivity, protection of cultural 

resources, and protection of threatened 

and endangered species. This evaluation 

is needed to make an informed public 

interest determination to support 

revocation in full, revocation in part, or 

full retention of the ANCSA 17(d)(1) 

withdrawals. 

Alternatives: The BLM considered 

alternatives that would provide different 

configurations of 17(d)(1) withdrawals 

that would be retained or revoked in the 

five planning areas (Bay, Bering SeaWestern Interior, East Alaska, KobukSeward, and Ring of Fire). Each of the 

alternatives identifies 17(d)(1) 

withdrawals in the five planning areas 

as retained or revoked. The alternatives 

range from retaining the withdrawals on 

all lands (Alternative A) to revoking the 

withdrawals on all lands (Alternative 

D). Alternatives B and C include partial 

revocations of the withdrawals. 

Summary of Expected Impacts: The 

revocation of the withdrawal on lands 

subject to State top filings under the 

Statehood Act would result in the 

State’s selections becoming effective 

and a resulting loss of Federal 

subsistence priority applying to those 

lands. No development plans have been 

submitted, and no stipulations are 

attached to the lands that would prevent 

any specific development. Therefore, 

the EIS provides a Reasonably 

Foreseeable Development scenario that 

identifies and quantifies potential 

development activity in the decision 

area, including the extraction of 

leasable, locatable, and salable minerals, 

as well as the establishment of 


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associated rights-of-way, assuming the 

land is not withdrawn from availability 

for such activities. 

Full or partial revocation of the 

ANCSA 17(d)(1) withdrawals may result 

in changes to land use that could affect 

local residents, wildlife, vegetation, 

cultural resources, subsistence, and 

recreation across up to 28 million acres 

of BLM-administered land in Alaska. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process: The BLM will provide 

opportunities for public participation 

consistent with the NEPA processes, 

including a 60-day comment period on 

the Draft EIS. A Secretarial decision is 

anticipated in Summer 2024, following 

the publication of a Final EIS. 

Public Involvement Process: This 

notice of availability initiates the public 

comment period, which will guide the 

development and analysis of the Final 

EIS. The BLM will evaluate all 

comments received and is specifically 

soliciting comments related to how to 

minimize effects to subsistence, cultural 

resources, and natural resources. The 

BLM will be holding virtual and inperson public meetings and Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation 

Act section 810 subsistence hearings. 

The specific date(s) and location(s) of 

these meetings will be announced in 

advance through email, social media, 

radio public service announcements, 

local media, newspapers, and on the 

ePlanning project page https://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2018002/510. 

The input of Alaska Native Tribes and 

Corporations is of critical importance to 

this EIS. Therefore, during the NEPA 

process, the BLM will continue to 

consult with potentially affected Tribal 

Nations on a government-to-government 

basis, and with affected Alaska Native 

Corporations in accordance with 

Executive Order 13175, as well as 

Public Law 108–199, Div. H, sec. 161, 

118 Stat. 452, as amended by Public 

Law 108–447, Div. H, sec. 518, 118 Stat. 

3267, and other Department and Bureau 

policies. The BLM respectfully requests 

participation in consultation by Alaska 

Native Tribes and Alaska Native 

Corporations to provide their views and 

recommendations on the analysis, 

including effects from the proposed 

activities. The BLM will hold individual 

consultation meetings upon request. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner as are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the Final EIS. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10) 

Steven Cohn, 

Alaska State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27647 Filed 12–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[BLM_FRN_MO4500175331] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement To Reconsider a Highway 

Right-of-Way Application and 

Associated Amendment of an 

Incidental Take Permit, Washington 

County, Utah; Correction 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent; correction. 

SUMMARY: This notice corrects the 

scoping comment period of the Notice 

of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement to 

Reconsider a Highway Right-of-Way 

Application and Associated 

Amendment of an Incidental Take 

Permit, Washington County, Utah, 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 16, 2023. The initial notice 

had an incorrect end date of the scoping 

period of December 18, 2023. The 

correct end date of the scoping period 

is December 21, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dawna Ferris-Rowley, NCA Manager, 

Red Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash NCAs, 

telephone (435) 688–3200; address 345 

East Riverside Drive, St. George, UT 

84790; email BLM_UT_

NorthernCorridor@blm.gov. Contact Ms. 

Ferris-Rowley to have your name added 

to our mailing list. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Ms. Ferris-Rowley. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of November 

16, 2023, in FR Doc. 2023–25252, on 

page 78781, in the second column, 

correct the DATES caption to read: 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the SEIS. The BLM 

and FWS request the public submit 

comments concerning the scope of the 

analysis, potential alternatives, impacts 

of the proposed action and alternatives, 

and identification of relevant 

information and studies by December 

21, 2023. To afford the BLM and FWS 

the opportunity to consider comments 

in the Draft SEIS, please ensure your 

comments are received prior to the close 

of the 30-day scoping period or 15 days 

after the last public meeting, whichever 

is later. 

Gregory Sheehan, 

Utah State Director. 

Anna Munoz, 

Deputy Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27545 Filed 12–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRSS–WRD–NPS0036931, 

2380, PPMRSNR1Y.NM0000, 

PPWONRADW0 (244); OMB Control Number 

1024–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; National Park Service Creel 

Survey 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the National Park Service (NPS) are 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit your comment on or before 

February 13, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please provide a copy of 

your comments to the NPS Information 

Collection Clearance Officer (ADIR– 

ICCO), 13461 Sunrise Valley Drive (MS– 

244) Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or 

phadrea_ponds@nps.gov (email). Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1024– 

NEW (Creel Survey) in the subject line 

of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 


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